TREATMENT OF ANIMAL FLESH

TREATMENT OF ANIMAL FLESH A method of controlling the color of animal flesh and particularly, the color of tuna type fish is disclosed. By applying cysteine or homo cysteine to the flesh of tuna-type fish an improvement of the color, especially a lightening of the color, and in some cases the greeni...

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Hauptverfasser: KHAYAT, ALI, DUNN, HOWARD J, COURTNEY, GEORGE W
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Zusammenfassung:TREATMENT OF ANIMAL FLESH A method of controlling the color of animal flesh and particularly, the color of tuna type fish is disclosed. By applying cysteine or homo cysteine to the flesh of tuna-type fish an improvement of the color, especially a lightening of the color, and in some cases the greening thereof is reduced or prevented when the fish is cooked. Additionally) the addition of cysteine or homo-cysteine has beneficial results in the removal of mercury from the tuna flesh.